Philip Meldon

Philip Meldon

Cricket information
Batting style	Unknown
Bowling style	Unknown
International information
National side	Irish
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 14 Batting average 4.66 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 7 Balls bowled 84 Wickets 3 Bowling average 27.66 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/83 Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: Cricket Archive

Philip Albert Meldon (18 December 1874 – 8 April 1942) was an Irish cricketer and a Major in the second world war.

Biography

He was born in Dublin, Ireland He played twice for Ireland; against I Zingari in August 1899 and against H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI in 1905.

He later played two first-class matches for the MCC in 1911, playing against Leicestershire and Cambridge University.

Meldon also represented Ireland at football, playing in two international matches in 1899.

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 28 March 1900, and was promoted to lieutenant on 3 April 1901. From 1900 to 1902 he served with the 53rd Battery in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including engagements at Belfast and Lydenburg. He was wounded and return to the United Kingdom on board the SS Simla in May 1902. He later fought in the second world war and was held as a prisoner by the Germans from 1 April 1940 until his death on 8 April 1942.

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